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BarsaatBarsaat - Review
20th Aug 2005  20.20 IST
By Nitika Desai  


Suneel Darshan's movie Barsaat is a love-triangle story - a theme that has been beaten to death in Bollywood.

The film has Bobby Deol playing Arav, an ambitious man who leaves his family to pursue a career in car designing abroad.




Arav was forced by his parents to marry Kajal ( Priyanka Chopra ). But their marriage remains unconsummated as Arav left for the US to make a career.

In the US, Arav meets Anna ( Bipasha Basu ), a girl of Indian origin but raised in South Africa. A series of coincidences bring the two together on three different occasions. Anna already begins to feel a spark for Arav in her heart, but he is focused on getting a job in BMW.

Arav gets the job, thanks to another remarkable coincidence - Anna's grandfather (Shakti Kapoor) happens to be the Chairman of the BMW company.

Slowly, Arav and Anna are drawn towards each other. At the launch of a new BMW car model designed by Arav, Anna's grandfather announces their engagement. The two lovers seem all set to become life partners, but then, Arav gets a call from home. His father is ill.

Arav rushes home, only to encounter the past he had run away from. In his heart, he seeks divorce from Kajal. He tells her his wishes. At first, Kajal laughs Arav's declaration as a joke, but later realizes the gravity of it. She thenceforth tries to move out of his life.

It is now the Indian traditions of Karva chauth, the importance of sindhoor and mangal sutra etc bring about a slow transformation in Arav's heart. He begins to understand the importance of marital vows and begins to develop genuine affection for Kajal.

But then, Anna and her grandfather arrive from abroad to set Anna's marriage with Arav. What happens next?

Suneel Darshan still seems to be living in the days of yore, when melodrama and soppy sentimentality was the staple among movie buffs.

The first half of Barsaat has just one silver lining - Bipasha Basu. No two opinions about her oomph and sex appeal. In fact, Bobby Deol looks quite bland and is not able to match up to her chemistry in the movie. Priyanka Chopra underplays her character skillfully.

The second half of the movie moves into a Barjatyaesque family setting with pita-mata, bhaiya-bhabhi, their kids, servants and friends.

The climax of the movie is a letdown. Although the conclusion to the story was predictable, but the way it is brought about takes away whatever little juice the story had.



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